Archive for ‘October, 2011’

STAFF EDIT: Gym, tan, academic research

This past weekend, the University of Chicago hosted a conference dedicated to exploring and presenting findings in a relatively new and unflinchingly original social topic: “Jersey Shore” Studies. Hundreds of academic scholars, humorists, philosophers, undergraduate and graduate students, professors and people associated with the show were in attendance at the conference’s four sessions devoted to [...]

STAFF EDIT: A proper plea

This coming Monday, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear two cases concerning how bad advice given by counsel during the plea bargaining stage of the legal process can negatively affect the outcome of a criminal case. One defendant, Anthony Cooper, shot a woman to death in 2003 and was told by his lawyer during [...]

Failing To Do The Impossible

Italian scientists are being held on trial for their inability to predict the future. Is not informing the public about a natural disaster sufficient basis for a manslaughter charge? This question is being addressed in court in regards to an earthquake that hit L’Aquila, Italy on April 6, 2009. A 6.3 magnitude earthquake claimed more [...]

Students don scarlet, white for first Spirit Day

We’ve got to take “some time to celebrate,” said Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore, quoting musical artist Madonna to explain Friday’s Scarlet Fever Spirit Day at Boston University. In an invitation emailed to students, Elmore said that students should “rock (or wear) the colors tomorrow as part of your day’s ensemble.” Elmore wrote that he [...]

Union invites BPD to discuss Occupy protests with BU students

Boston Police Department officials and Boston University students debated the direction of the Occupy Boston movement, the suspicions of police brutality and the possibility of a Halloween Day march during an open forum on Friday in Sleeper Hall Auditorium. The forum, hosted by the Student Union, involved conversations about the United States’ role in the [...]